Coco Gauff brings a whole new meaning to ‘Blood Sweat and Tears’! The American tennis star has gone to great lengths to achieve her bucket list and now, her dreams have come to life. The young talent is all set to create history at the Paris Olympics. She is officially the first tennis player and the youngest to be Team USA’s flag bearer at the quadrennial event. To much excitement, she will be joined by basketball great LeBron James who will be the male flag bearer.

Subsequently, Tracy Austin recently revealed the actuation behind Gauff’s selection as the nation’s flag bearer at the Games. While talking on the ‘Tennis Channel Live Podcast‘, the former World No. 1 disclosed that the 20-year-old became the flag bearer after 600 American athletes voted in her favor.

Moreover, she sang praises of Gauff acknowledging her flag bearer position with the likes of LeBron, who is one of the most decorated athletes in the nation. This, by far, shows the amount of goodwill and respect the reigning US Open has gained from the sporting world. “What’s special to me about this is that this was voted on by 600 athletes from the United States. That means that they really respect everything that Coco does, not only as an athlete but the way that she conducts herself. Congratulations Coco, what a moment. To share that with LeBron, (whoops) out of this world.”

This year’s Olympic Games will forever hold a special place in Coco’s heart for all the right reasons. Not only will she script history, but she also gets a shot at rectifying her unfortunate absence from the 2020 Tokyo Olympics due to COVID-19 contraction. But that’s not the end of it.

The American sensation recently penned a letter to her 17-year-old self. She cited her long-standing dream to represent her country at the highly-anticipated event.

“You’ve already won”: Coco Gauff pens a heartfelt letter to herself

Earlier this season at the Australian Open, Coco Gauff highlighted that she wished to clinch an Olympic medal for her country under the ‘vision notes’ on her phone. Most recently, she referred to that while penning a letter to her 19-year-old self which was posted on ‘NBC Olympics’.

In her letter, the American joyously addressed living her childhood dream which comes in the form for representing her country at the Olympics. “In your phone under your vision notes, you wrote that you want to win a medal at the Olympics. Gold, silver, bronze – it doesn’t matter. But you’ve already won, you’ve made your childhood dream of playing at the Olympics, representing the United States, a real reality. And now, finally, you get to enjoy it.”

Though the 20-year-old has finally done justice to her dreams, she still has a long way to go. Gauff, along with compatriot Taylor Fritz, will lead Team USA in the tennis category as they aim to clinch a gold medal in Paris!